Talks and Panels

Talks and Panels

Talk - Computers and Thought Award: AI and Economics for a Healthier, Safer, and Fairer WorldTalk by Ariel Procaccia. Tuesday 28th - 08:30 to 9:30hs. Room LB.Explore the broad and exciting interaction between AI and economics, which spans the spectrum from deep theory to deployed applications in healthcare, physical security, and dispute resolution.

Talk: Managing your SupervisorTalk by Toby Walsh, UNSW Australia and NICTATuesday 28th - 9:40 to 10:40 - Catalinas RoomTo get the most out of your PhD, you need to take charge of your relationship with your supervisor. In this interactive session, we will cover a number of topics: understanding your supervisor(as a first step to managing them), manipulating them, expectations, pitfalls, conflict, and your overall research career. Whilst many of the topics are focused on the PhD-supervisor relationship, muchholds true for other similar relationships like that between PostDoc and supervisor. Please come and share your questions and problems.

Talk: The Economic Implications of Machine Intelligence: Lessons from the Second Machine AgeTalk by Erik Brynjolfsson via SkypeTuesday 28th - 14.00 to15.00 hrs - Room CWe should be optimistic about the future because technological progress, 'the only free lunch that economists believe in,' is accelerating quickly past our intuitions and expectations. But we should also be mindful of our values and our choices: as technology races ahead, it may leave a lot of people, organizations and institutions behind.

Talk: Killer robots, the end of humanity, and all that: What should a good AI researcher do?Talk by Stuart RussellWednesday- 14.00-15.00 hrs - Room CHear an update on the campaign to ban lethal autonomous weapons, as well as the fears that AI poses an existential threat to mankind.

Talk: "John McCarthy Award"Talk by Bart SelmanThursday - 8:30 to 9:30, Room LBProfessor Selman is the winner of the 2015 inaugural John MCarthy Award. He is recognized for expanding our understanding of problem complexity and developing new algorithms for efficient inference.

Talk:"A One Hundred Year Study on AI: Reflection and Discussion"Talk by Barbara Grosz. Chair of the AI100 Standing Committee.Thursday - 14.00-15.00 hrs - Room GHThe One Hundred Year Study on Artificial Intelligence, or AI100, is a 100-year effort to study and anticipate how the effects of artificial intelligence will ripple through every aspect of how people work, live and play.

Talk: "Robust and beneficial AI"Elon Musk recently donated $10M to the Future of Life Institute to fund research into robust and beneficial AI. Come along to this session to hear a summary of the first 37 grants awarded ($7M) to kick off this research programme and ask questions of many of the grantees.Thursday, 15.10-16.30. Room GH.

Panel: "Rethinking Turing Test"Friday, July 31st 2015. 10:40-12:10, Room R1. The Turing test was considered a grand goal to be achieved by generations of Artificial Intelligence researchers. It has helped inspire many new ideas and has also been the subject of many debates. Now over 60 years old, we wish to take a fresh look at the test given the current surge of interest and achievement in artificial intelligence, examining its origin and projecting beyond the horizon. The panel consists of researchers with different perspectives on what artificial intelligence has achieved so far and what more needs to be done. In particular, the debate will be centered on whether the Turing test will continue to serve as the signpost for developing intelligent machines, or perhaps other candidates are emerging to serve that purpose.

Social Events

Social Events

Opening receptionMonday 27th, 19-21:30 hrsSchool of Law - Figueroa Alcorta Avenue 2263 : http://www.derecho.uba.ar/index_gmaps.phpOn July 27, buses will depart from Sheraton Hotel and Convention Center and from School of Economics to School of Law starting at 18:00.Please, don’t forget your badge.

Speed Meet & GreetMonday, July 27, 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM, just before to go to the conference reception. Salón de Actos. Ground floor at New Building of Facultad de Ciencias Económicas.This "speed networking" event is your chance to meet and chat with other IJCAI attendees in a fun, casual, and low-stress way. Whether you're attending your tenth IJCAI conference or your first, you are bound to meet researchers doing new and interesting work in AI, including the editor-in-chief of JAIR, the president-elect of AAAI, the conference and program chairs of IJCAI, and the founder of RoboCup. And every 10 minutes, we'll ring the gong and you'll meet someone new! Doors open at 5:00 PM sharp and admittance is on a first-come basis. One lucky participant will win a free Fire HD 7 in the door raffle. Thanks to AI Access Books, our raffle sponsor.

Games Night Tuesday, July 28, 19:30 to 21:30 in the Sheraton, Room Golden Horn.Come to spend an evening playing games with other IJCAI participants at the new proposal of IJCAI Games Night. There will be AI-themed games organized with many prizes to be won for the lucky. And one person will walk away with the grand prize, a Kindle book reader. Thanks to AI Access Books, our prize sponsor.

Student ReceptionThursday, 20:00 to 24.:00hrsTazz Soho, Armenia 1744, Palermo.The fastest way to arrive is Subway D Line. The nearest station is “Plaza Italia”. Please enter to http://www.tazzbars.com.ar/2014/web/bar-soho/como-llegar to see the walk path and to search for other options.Please don’t forget your Student Reception ticket.

Woman's breakfastTuesday, July 28th 2015, 8-8:30am. A networking breakfast will be offered for an informal discussion on issues facing women in AI and CS, with particular emphasis in possible solutions, tying up with themes discussed in the workshop Women in IA and CS.

IJCAI Fellow / Student LunchesTuesday to Friday, July 28–31. Lunch time.For the first time in an IJCAI, we are providing an opportunity for students to chat with an AAAI or ECCAI Fellow over an informal lunch during the conference. Students should meet their designated Fellow at the onsite registration desk on their assigned day.

Town Hall meetingThursday 30th, 18:00 to 19:00 hrs, Room GH.Come hear the latest news about IJCAI and future conferences. Give us your feedback. Make suggestions for future conferences and about anything else that matters to you. All most welcome.